Feed-bag.



A. GAUL, J3.

FEED BAG. APPLICATION FILED 113.21, 1908.

Patented June 20, 1911.

n: NORRIS PETERS 00., WASHINGTON, n. c,

UNITED STATES PATENT UFFICE.

ANDREW GAUL, JR., 0F RIDGEFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO FRESH AIR FEED BAG COMPANY.

FEED-BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 20, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW GAUL, J r., a citizen of the United States, and resident of Ridgefield, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Feed-Bags, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide certain improvements in feed bags for use in supplying animals with food, whereby the mouth and nostrils of the animal may be given great freedom within the feed compartment, the said feed compartment being in communication with a magazine compartment whereby the feed may be accurately supplied to the feed compartment.

A further object is to provide a feed bag which may be kept clean and wholesome and which will not be top heavy.

Practical embodiments of my invention are represented in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of one form of my improved feed bag as in use, the horses head being shown in dotted lines to more clearly indicate the position which the bag will assume when suspended, Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the bag, Fig. 3 is a vertical central section taken in the plane of the line A-A of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows, Fig. 4 is a front view of the bag, Fig. 5 is a perspective View showing the collapsibility of the bag, and Fig. 6 is a vertical central section, partly broken away, of a modified form of bag.

In'the form shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, the oblong bottom 1 of the bag is made of some flexible material, such, for instance, as canvas. Substantially vertical side and end walls 2, 3, 4, 5, of canvas or other suitable flexible material, uprise from the bottom 1 and have their lower edges secured to the edges of the bottom. The front wall 5 of the bag extends only a short distance upwardly from the bottom 1, thus leaving the front of the bag unobstructed except for the strap 7 which extends from the tops of the sides 2 and 3 at thefront of the bag, for preventing the sides from spreading too far apart at this point.

A transverse partition 8 of canvas or other suitable flexible material is secured to the bottom 1 and the side walls 2 and 3 for dividing the bag into a front feed compartment and a rear magazine compartment. This partition is provided at its bottom with a hole 9 therethrough for permitting the feed within the magazine compartment to pass into the feed compartment.

To prevent the feed from being shaken out of the magazine compartment, a partial cover 10 of canvas or other suitable material is secured to the top of the side walls 2 and 3 and end wall 4 at the back of the bag. Suitable cords 11 and 12 are provided for suspending the bag when in use.

In the form shown in Fig. 6, a feed bag is shown in which the oblong bottom 13 of the bag is made of wood or other suitable rigid material. In other respects the bag is quite similar to the one shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive.

It will be seen that in the form shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, the bag may be folded into a very small bundle when not in use, because of the collapsibility of the bottom 1 of the said bag.

What I claim is:

A feed-bag comprising an oblong bottom, side and end walls uprising therefrom, the front end wall extending a short distance only above the bot-tom, a cross strap c011- necting the tops of the side walls at the front of the bag, a flexible cross partition entirely included within the bag extending angularly from the bottom of the bag to a point near the rear end of the top of the bag and connecting the side walls intermediate their ends for dividing the bag into magazine and feed compartments, and a partial cover for the magazine compartment permanently secured to the tops of the side and rear end walls at the back of the bag, wherebythe magazine compartment may be opened for filling from the top by bending forward the flexible partition.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two witnesses, this eighteenth day of February 1908.

ANDREW GAUL, JR.

Witnesses:

F. GEORGE BARRY, HENRY THIEME.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

